You've searched: All Collections

Gourd carved "John GUW NOV 4, 1847." The date on the gourd coincides with the Mexican War but beyond that no other connections are visible. The item was collected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Murfreesboro Chapter #91.

Pvt. Frank Ross, Co. A, 19th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, is said to have carried this drum at the Battle of Stones River (Tenn.), December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863. However, the drum more likely dates to the era of the Spanish-American War or World War...

Print of the Battle of Stones River depicting the Federal troops of General William Rosencrans fighting against Confederate troops under General Bragg. A Union column marches toward the action and a battery of cannon fires on Confederate troops as...

March 2, 1862 diary entry - LVF writes that the Federals have taken possession of Nashville. She did not go to church as Mrs. Spurlock had borrowed the buggy to go to Murfreesboro to see her husband. Gen. Buell made a speech to the Nashville...

March 2, 1862 diary entry - LVF writes that the Federals have taken possession of Nashville. She did not go to church as Mrs. Spurlock had borrowed the buggy to go to Murfreesboro to see her husband. Gen. Buell made a speech to the Nashville...

This detailed, hand-drawn map (dated January 3, 1863, right after the Battle of Stones River) of the territory between Nashville and Murfreesboro from the Engineer office in Murfreesboro. It shows the area along the Nashville Pike with many...

Dr. John Gannaway served as private in Co. A, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The Union quartermaster in Murfreesboro gave the claims to his brother, R. B. Gannaway, who remained loyal to the Union, for forage at the family homestead in Rutherford...